Station-indicator.



No. 883,591. PATENTED MAR. 31, 1908.

R. TOBNNES.

STATION INDICATOR. APPLICATION I'ILEDAPE. 1.1907.

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No. 883,591. PATENTED MAR. 31, 1908.

R. TOENNES.

STATION INDICATOR.

APPLIOATION IILED APE-1.1907. I

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ATTORNEYS R. TOENNES.

STATION INDICATOR.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 1.1907- s SHBBTS-SHEET a.

PATENTED MAR. 31, 1908.

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ATTORNEYS .To all whom-it may mam.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE;

RICHARD TOENNES, OF BOONVILLE, MISSOURI.

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Specification of Letters Patent PatentedMarch 31, 1908.

Application filed April 1, 1901. Serial No. 385,718.

Be it known that I, Rrcrmnn TOENNES, a citizen of the United States, resi at Boonville, in the county of Cooper an State of Missouri, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Station-Indicators, of which the following is a specification.

' r This invention is a stat on indicator of the double reel and web type and having for-its:

object to provide improved meansfor actuating the reels to take'up the web as the car.

,the web may be rewound bnthe; ormer reel,

forthenexttrip. o 3 r The ingention is illushtlr'itedin the accornpan g rawings "c i Figiire l 's a fi'ont elevation of the indi 'cator. .Fig. 2 is a rearelevation,v partly in" section, with theback of the casing removed.

, portion of the operative mechanism,shown in l indicates a casing having a glass Fig. '3- is a sectional end elevation showing the, 0 mt mechanism.v F g. 4 is a sectiona view 0 the operating connection to the car'axle. Fig. 5 is a perspective view-'of-:,a

i .3. t t i Tteferring specifically to the drawings,fA front B through which the names of the-streets or stations on thepaper or other web 0 are ex- 'osed. .This Web is originallywoundon a ower or let off reel Shaving a squared shaft 9 to receive a'key or. crank whereby the web may be rewound. From the reel 8 the web IJIIS over a-barblO, toexhibit the same plainly, and is taken up on the up er or take up reel 7 which also has a s uare shaft 6 to receive a'key for winding w en desired.-

The car axle D has an eccentric-E thereon, with a strap and connecting rod joined to a flexible top or cover Gon a cup shaped casing H, forming a pump or bellows in which the air is alternately com re'ssed and expanded the reciprocation o the eccentric rod. A 1pc X extends from said bellows to a similar lows or pneumatic 11 which has a flexible cover '1 1 connected to a lever. 11 which is pivoted to a standard 11 ;-projecting from a ring 1 1 which serves to hold the cover 1 1 on the neumatic and also to support the parts on t e cross-pieces 12 whichare fixed to the casing.

'-,ratche,ts to the take up reel, win

socket-joint at 11? with a lever 1 which is piv- ,The lever 11 articulatesby a ball and oted at 1 totheside of the casing and this lever carries a spring pawl 1 which engages a ratchet 2' rotatable on the pivot 1. The ratchet 2 is connected bya wrist pin 2 with a allet 2 held by a s ring 2 in contact with a i arge ratchet 4 on t shaft of the reel 7. A

s'prm pawl-3 prevents back slip of the ratchet "*2-"an a similar pawl 4 performs'a like service for the ratchet 4.

.'To disengage the pallet 2 and pawl 4 i from the ratchet 4 a bent lever '5 is pivoted at 5, with one arm behind said pallet andpawl and the other projecting through the top of the casing. By pressing the lever down, the

pallet and free to turnback and;allow'the web to be rewound on the reel8.- f In oeration, rotation ternate y'ex'pands and contracts the 'pneu-' mati'cs in consequence of the movement of air from oneto the other I and the motion is communicated by the .lever, allets and g the'web thereon. A s ring-8 bears against the reel 8 and prevents o'ose running or slip thereof.

of theacar axle alwl are sprung out of engagement witht e ratchet, and the reel 7 is then ,Pnmaril a blank 'web is placed onithe reels and t e c'ar is-run one trip and at every street crossing'or stationv a mar is made and afterwards the'narne of, the street or station is placed on the web, and' will thereafter be exposed when such streets are reached. The intermediate ratchet 2 is used to decrease the where therevare long distances between stations the number of teeth may be increased. lolaim 1. The combination with the web and parallel-reels- 7 and 8 whereon the-web is wound, one of said reels having a ratchet 4, of the rotatable ratchet 2- arran'ged intermediets of said reels, the allet 2F pivoted .eccentrically on said ratchet, a s ring holding the pallet engaged with the ,ratc et, the lever 1 pivoted ad acent to the ratchet 2 and having a springpressed' pawl engaging the latter, a horizontal lever 11 pivotedon a fixed suport and its free and connected by a loose. oint with the lever 1, the bellows arranged below the lever 11 and its flexible cover connected therewith, and an air tube connected with the bellows as shown and described.

2. The combination with the casing, of a motion, and on railroad trains or otherwise 7 take-up reel having a ratchetefid pewl 4 611-. out Of engqg emefib'w'it]; the l el mtchefub gaging the fiamele let-ou-iilreel .and iii web stantially as described. v Woun onet 'e rees a'ratc e122 9, e (#012 pivoted thereon andknga'gi ng the ree ratchet I H TOENNES' 5 and'the ivoted elbow lever 5 projecting Witnesses: I throu h t e easing, and its lowerend ar-' Cn'Aa-"Ci SPA'J'IR;

range for engaging the pawl'for hplding'it HERMANZUZA'K. 

